Cleaning and polishing device.



A. JOHNSON.

CLEANING AND POLISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1909.

.' 9 2 Patented Jan. 31,1911.

\A/ffi 555E; MEWIIIIR v m ohns n ALBIN JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLEANING AND POLISHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Application filed August 16, 1909. Serial No. 513,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBIN JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaningand Polishing Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of cleaning. and polishing devicesadapted for use in cleaning eye glasses.

The object of this invention is to provide an exceedingly simple deviceso constructed as to operate on both sides of the lens simultaneouslyand in which the cleaning pads may be removed for washing, if desired.

It is also an object of the invention to afford a spring clip wherebythe cleaning pad or surface may be engaged in place.

It is also an object of the invention to afford connected cleaning padsadapted to yieldingly engage opposite sides of an eye glass when in useirrespective of the shape or thickness of the lens.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and morefully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the d 'awings: Figure'l is a face view illustrating the use of adevice embodying my invention in cleaning eye glasses. Fig. 2 is a sideor edge View of the cleaning device. Fig. 3 is a View in elevation ofone of the pads and partly broken away to illustrate the constructionand method of securing the pad in place. Fig. 4 is a section of one ofthe pads taken on line 4ll of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentarysection thereof.

As shown in the drawings: two pads, 1 and 2, are secured respectively onthe flat or spatulate arms 9 of the holding tool or pliers 3. Saidholding tool as shown, consists of a plate of sheet metal stamped toform on opposite ends broad, rounded and inwardly tapering arms 9 whichbeing inte 'rally connected together, possess consideratfie resiliency.Secured on said arms are the pads. These, as shown, comprise a layer ofchamois skin or other suitable material 6, within which is laid a tiller7, of any suitable yielding material including, if desired,

' curled hair, cotton wool, or any material suitable for the purpose.Resting on the inner side of said pad is a plate 8, shaped to conformgenerally with the contour of the arm 9 and having its edges turned orhooked upwardly and inwardly to afford resilient detents to engage thearm in place. The edges of the chamois skin or other material arebrought upwardly and over the edges and outer end of the respective armsand said end is sprung dowmvtmlly between the inwardly turned edges ofthe clamping member 8, as shown in Figs. 3, l, and 5, to hold said padin place on the arm and to confine the edges of the chamois skin orother polishing material beneath the arm, as shown in Fig. 5.

The operation is obvious from the description given. The upwardly turnededges of the chamois pads and the outer side of each of the spring arms9, afford a recess for the linger and thumb of the operator who insertsone of the lenses of the glasses between said pads and operates the padsto clean all moisture, grease or dirt of any kind from the glasses. Ofcourse, the spring arms being comparatively broad and thin yield readilyto pressure so that when the lenses are of unusual thickness or unusualshapes the device readily yields itself to such constructions. and ofcourse. is capabio of use for gene a1 scouring and polishing purposes,as, for instance, table cutlery. Should it ever be necessary to cleanseone of the pads, it may he almost instantly removed by exerting a lightpressure on the recessed margins of the pad, thus rolling the same fromthe arm whereupon it may be thoroughly washed and cleansed and easilyreturned to the arms for further use.

Of course, details of the construction may be varied. I therefore do notpurpose limiting this application for patent otherwise than necessitatedby the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cleaning and polishing device, embodying spring arms, a clamp foreach arm having inwardly turned spring edges around the contour of itsarm adapted to receive said arm and retain the same in place and toproject marginally above the surface of said arm, and a pad covering oneface of said clamp and having its edges engaged between said clamp andspring arm.

2. In a device of the class described, parallel members spring connectedat one end,

pads for said members, and a plate for each scribed my name in thepresence of two submember having 1ts edges turned to sprmg scribingWitnesses.

over the ed es of its member to rip said pad in place 25161 to form apro jecting edge ALBIN JOHNSON 5 around the periphery of said memberWhere- Vitnesses:

by a finger retaining pocket is formed. LAWRENCE REIBSTEIN,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- H. E. HANNAH.

